Sometimes it is better to give your apple away, than to eat it yourself.
More Italian Proverbs:
A good thing lost is valued.Italian
There is no beard so well shaven but another barber will find something more to shave from it.
Italian
He who fails to plan, plans to fail.
Italian
The wolf is always left out of the reckoning.
Italian
Who has no plagues makes himself some.
Italian
Through being too knowing the fox lost his tail.
Italian